"Enjoy this morning's take on 'Take A Bow' below. Rihanna track at bottom of post.MP3: Rihanna - SOS..."

"Anyone who watches TV probably knows that Rihanna is not opposed to being part of an ad campaign, but a New York Times article about celebrity endorsements shows that one could map out the course of her career through her promotional contracts even easier than through her albums. Where lots..."

"Ed. note: Chris "dennisobell" Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on this week's Billboard charts: EMI is the Bear Stearns of the music industry—once mighty, now declining rapidly and ripe for takeover and obliteration. But you'd never know it looking at the..."

"dl: LLOYD f/ LIL WAYNE - Girls All Around The World (Ross Hogg Hard Drugs Remix) (YSI) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Much like Idolator and Vulture, I'm pushing for the Lil Wayne-assisted Lloyd jam "Girls All Around The World" to be a strong contender for song of the summer. Unless it's a late..."

"This is really a brilliant time for music: yesterday I got my hands on the new albums from m83, No Age, Cut Copy, Santogold and Phantom Planet. All of which are excellent. And yet, I don't really have time to dwell on their brilliance, because a new wave of music..."